SEASON 1886-87 



207 



Captain King King, Mr. Brocklehurst, Mr. Hat- 

 field Harter, and Lady Gerard." 



With the genial warmth imparted by a good 

 day's sport still upon him, we can in imagination 

 see Frank penning the following note of music in 

 the diary before turning into bed : " During the 

 last run in Boothby Wood, it was splendid to hear 

 the charming cry of hounds ; not that they used 

 their voices more than they usually do, but the 

 rarefied atmosphere and still evening brought the 

 music to our ears sweetly and distinctly." 



A capital hunt of forty-five minutes is recorded 

 on March 30th, when hounds met at Croxton Park, 

 finding their fox in Newman's Gorse, going over 

 the Melton brook, round by Melton to within half 

 a mile of Newport Lodge, where the pack doubled 

 back and marked their fox in a fowl-house. The 

 farmer, Mr. Josiah Wood, closed the door in the 

 face of the hounds, but directly he heard they 

 belonged to the Duke of Rutland the door flew 

 open like magic, thus giving the pack the blood 

 they deserved. 



The number of hunting days this season was 

 115, and 104 foxes were killed, 63 being marked to 

 ground. 



Music. 



